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A member asked:

Is it normal to have a lot of brown bleeding the day your period starts ?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Color: of menstrual blood is not usually clinically significant. Brown blood is usually old blood being cleaned from the uterus.

Dr Anyanwu and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 8/23/2015

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